Global heart centre in Cairo expands health care access to the vulnerable
Mohammad Bin Rashid initiative announces first phase completion
The Mohammad Bin Rashid Global Initiatives (MBRGI) has announced the completion of the first phase of the 22,000 square metre Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
The new heart centre in Egypt will expand access to world-class treatment among vulnerable communities through a fullyequipped facility offering the latest research and surgical technologies and qualified medical cadres. The new facility will provide free-ofcharge cardiovascular care to patients from throughout the Arab world.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, honoured the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre as the Arab Hope Makers’ Humanitarian Cause of the Year during the final ceremony that crowned Arab Hope Makers in February 2020.
Shaikh Mohammad announced that donations totaling 360 million Egyptian pounds have been raised for the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre in Egypt. Also, for the first time since its inception, the proceeds of the Arab Hope Makers show were allocated to support the construction of the centre to provide free-of-charge cardiac care to less fortunate communities across the Arab world.
Shaikh Mohammad honoured Dr. Yacoub with the Scarf of Mohammad Bin Rashid for Humanitarian Action for his charitable efforts and medical and scientific achievements for over 50 years.
Commenting on the completion of phase one, Mohammad Abdulla Al Gergawi, Secretary General of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, said, “The completion of an important stage of the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre project is a promising glimmer of hope for heart patients, especially children, and for the medical scientific research community in the Arab world.”